Category Archives: Uncertainty

Ideas Are Overrated

Generating ideas is fun – addictive even. I should know. As a design lead, I’ve facilitated many ideation sessions in my career. You’ve probably experienced this, too: a team gets together for a few hours or days to brainstorm ideas.

Ideas Are Overrated

Generating ideas is fun – addictive even. I should know. As a design lead, I’ve facilitated many ideation sessions in my career. You’ve probably experienced this, too: a team gets together for a few hours or days to brainstorm ideas.

User Experience Shape – Designing For Engagement

In the first chapter my book Designing Web Navigation, I pose the question, Why do we even need web navigation at all? Well, for one, navigation provides access to the content of a site. But more important, it’s the way that

User Experience Shape – Designing For Engagement

In the first chapter my book Designing Web Navigation, I pose the question, Why do we even need web navigation at all? Well, for one, navigation provides access to the content of a site. But more important, it’s the way that

Emotions and Design – Mood Maps

via Steve Baty, I came across a post by Will Evans called Design Ethnography & Mood Maps. He touches on two of my favorite topics at the moment: ethnography and emotions in design. In particular, Will introduces the concepts of

Emotions and Design – Mood Maps

via Steve Baty, I came across a post by Will Evans called Design Ethnography & Mood Maps. He touches on two of my favorite topics at the moment: ethnography and emotions in design. In particular, Will introduces the concepts of

Journal of Information Architecture, Issue 1, Volume 1

The first issue of the Journal of Information Architecture (JofIA) has finally arrived. I contributed a piece on uncertainty. Here’s the table of contents: Dorte Madsen Editorial: Shall We Dance? pp. 1-5 Gianluca Brugnoli Connecting the Dots of User Experience

Journal of Information Architecture, Issue 1, Volume 1

The first issue of the Journal of Information Architecture (JofIA) has finally arrived. I contributed a piece on uncertainty. Here’s the table of contents: Dorte Madsen Editorial: Shall We Dance? pp. 1-5 Gianluca Brugnoli Connecting the Dots of User Experience

Uncertainty in Information Architecture

Below are excertps from a longer essay I wrote several years ago that never got published, mixed with a passage from Designing Web Navigation. In thinking about breadth vs. depth recently, I returned to this line of thinking and wanted

Uncertainty in Information Architecture

Below are excertps from a longer essay I wrote several years ago that never got published, mixed with a passage from Designing Web Navigation. In thinking about breadth vs. depth recently, I returned to this line of thinking and wanted